Francesca Martin
Compassionate counsellor for relationship and life changes
About Francesca
Francesca Martin is a counsellor with 17 years' experience supporting people through difficult times. She is a BACP member, and she draws on long practice in schools and counselling agencies to help clients talk through their concerns. Francesca offers sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
Her work is grounded in a client-centred way of working. That means she listens closely and follows what matters most to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
She helps people make sense of their feelings and find practical steps they can try between sessions. Francesca has spent many years focusing on relationship troubles, including commitment issues, intimacy-related concerns and divorce or separation. She also supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, career questions, and addictions.
Additional areas include ADHD, trauma and abuse, attachment and abandonment issues, body image and communication problems. Her background includes eleven years as a school counsellor and work with agencies that support people affected by alcohol. That range of experience means she is used to different life stages and pressures.
Sessions aim to be calm, straightforward and collaborative, with space to reflect and plan. People meet Francesca to talk about change, loss, relationship strain or ongoing distress. She works to create clear options rather than give advice.
If someone prefers talking without video, she can offer phone or messaging sessions to suit their routine.
What Francesca works with
How Francesca works
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Sessions & fees
Client-centred care online and how it helps
Client-Centred Therapy is about listening closely and following what matters to each person. The counsellor creates space for people to talk at their own pace and helps them find clarity about feelings and decisions. This approach is often used for relationship problems, low self-esteem, grief and anxiety where understanding and acceptance are important.Francesca's online practice uses that same client-centred stance over video, phone or messaging. She works collaboratively with people to decide which way of working fits their goals and comfort. Together they review progress and adapt sessions as needed so the approach stays relevant to the person’s needs.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for people with busy lives or restricted mobility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to arrange around work. Live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins or when writing helps someone explain themselves. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent even when life is hectic.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
